Thomas R. Trout’s Notable Cases

Shannon v. U.S., 510 U.S. 987 (1993) Appeal to the United States Supreme Court written and argued in Washington, D.C. by Thomas R. Trout. The chief issue in the appeal was whether a jury instruction regarding the criminal defense of insanity should be given in the Federal Courts of the United States. Mr. Trout tried this case in the United States Federal Court in the Northern District of Mississippi.

Shannon v. U.S., 981 F.2d 759 (C.A.5); The same case mentioned above and argued by Thomas R. Trout in New Orleans, Louisiana at the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals before cert. was granted by the United States Supreme Court.

City of New Albany v. Ray, 417 So.2d 550 (Miss. 1982) Mr. Trout was able to get an adverse judgment against his client reversed and rendered in his client’s favor.

Lee v. State, 322 So.2d 751 (Miss. 1975) The Mississippi Supreme Court agreed with Mr. Trout that the trial court issued an unconstitutional sentence.

U.S. v. 162.50 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Clay County, State of Mississippi, et al., 567 F.Supp. 987 (N.D. Miss. 1983) Mr. Trout handled this case against the United States Government wherein he argued that since the government failed to properly take his client’s land pursuant to The National Historic Preservation Act, the took his client’s land without proper legal authority.

Holt v. State, 348 So.2d 434 (Miss. 1977) Mr. Trout was successful getting this case reversed and remanded for a new trial.  The trial judge made a mistake and allowed the jury to hear evidence that should have been inadmissible. Mr. Trout’s client received a new trial.

Barton v. Barton, 726 So.2d 163 (Miss. 1998) Mr. Trout was successful in an appeal wherein he demonstrated that the chancellor who heard the case at the trial court did not have jurisdiction to do so. The appeal clarified the law with regard to specially appointed chancellors. Once a final judgment is entered, the chancellor no longer has authority to decide issues of contempt.

In re McMillin, 642 So.2d 1336 (Miss. 1994) Mr. Trout was successful using a little known Mississippi Supreme Court that allows the court to exercise original jurisdiction in very limited circumstances. Mr. Trout was able to win the appeal and the first ever Mississippi Court of Appeals elections took place. Mr. Trout’s client was elected to the Mississippi Court of Appeals and served on that court for over ten years.

Dickey v. Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi, 146 F.3d 262 (5th Circ.) Mr. Trout was successful in getting the United States Federal District Court’s grant of summary judgment reversed.  After the case was remanded to the trial court, Mr. Trout’s client settled the case for a substantial sum of money.

Mr. Trout has tried hundreds of jury trials to verdict.

Clark Trout’s Notable Cases

Settlement of case for client for $1,000,000.00 against an optical care company whose negligently designed solution caused Mr. Trout’s client to suffer from partial blindness.

Settlement of auto accident case for $535,000.00 on behalf of a widow and the two young children of a railroad worker killed in car accident on the way home from work.

Settlement of nursing home abuse case where the Defendants allowed bedsores to form on the patient’s body, go untreated and caused the death of the patient. Mr. Trout represented the nursing home patient’s widow and daughter and obtained a settlement of $242,000.00.

Settlement of nursing home abuse case for $150,000.00 where the nursing home allowed bedsores to form on the patient’s body and the bedsores eventually caused the patient’s death.

Settlement of $14,000,000.00 in Vioxx claims on behalf of 142 of his clients who suffered an assortment of injuries including death, myocardial infarction (heart attack) and cerebrovascular accident (stroke).